Succession Planting: How to Harvest More From Your Vegetable Garden [video]

Succession planting allows you to make the most of your garden, by enjoying multiple harvests from a single patch of ground in any growing season. It takes careful planning and this post will guide you through the process of succession planting.

Succession cropping is the sowing/planting of one crop, immediately following an early crop has finished. This particular method of growing increases productivity.

Succession planting maintains soil cover from the constant sowing of crops, provides less opportunity for weeds to appear.

Many vegetables need only half the growing season to reach harvest. This leaves plenty of fine weather to start a new crop.

After clearing the first crop, clean the ground of any weeds and use a rake to break any clumps.

As your previous crop should have been covered with organic matter, your second crop shouldn’t require anymore. But if it does, add compost before sowing or planting.

Aim to have your young plants and seeds for second crop in immediately following the removal of first crop seeds.

Some crops may be need to be planted from young plants if the growing season in your area is relatively short. You can find our range of vegetable plants here.

If you feel the ground is too warm and dry before sowing, you can water the seed drills before sowing. This will cool the ground.

These are just a few tips and tricks on succession planting, the video below offers further detail and a list of plants that are suitable for this method of planting. If you have any tips yourself, do let us know in the comments below or on our social media.